Saturday, 26 March 2016

No Specific Input About ISIS Threat To Goa

No Specific Input About ISIS Threat To Goa, Says Laxmikant Parsekar

Panaji: Goa Chief
Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Saturday denied receiving any specific
inputs about the state being on terror group ISIS's radar, as reported
in a section of the national media.

Speaking to reporters at the legislative assembly complex, Mr Parsekar
said there were certain "hints" which his government received from the
union home ministry, but that there were no specific inputs about an
ISIS terror threat to Goa.

"My department did not have any inputs... there were some hints from the
home department, but we did not get such information," Mr Parsekar
said.

The media reports said the input about Goa being a priority target of
the ISIS was based on information gleaned from ISIS suspects and other
terror accused during interrogation by intelligence and security
agencies.

Mr Parsekar, however, said the state government repeatedly took
"precautionary measures", especially when it comes to creating awareness
among owners of guest houses who let rooms to tourists.

"On many occasions, details (of new tenants) are not reported to the
(local) police station in the required format and this creates a
problem," he said